Vehicle-wheel.



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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1906.

Patented June 13, 1911.

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To all whom it mug concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. JEFFERY, a CItlZGIL of the United States, residing at Kenosha, county of Kenosha, State of Wis S cousin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicle -Wheels, and declare the following to be a-fulhclear, and exact description of the same,-such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it m: pertains to make and use the same, reference .being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

.My invention relates in general to vehicle wheels and more particularly to a detachable N pneumatic, tire rim.

In the use of pneumatic. tires inconvenf I after the-removal of the tire and rim; Fig.

ience and labor are occasioned by punctures,

as it is then necessary toremovethe tire from the rimand secure thereon anew tire, or when 80 3 double tube tlre is used 1t 18 necessary to detach the outer casing from the rim and to remove and 'rpair the punctured inner tube or to insertainew inner tube in place Y of the punctured one, after which the tire 35. must be inflated. Considerable loss of time and much trouble are consequently coca sioned by the puncture of any form of pneumatic tire at present on the market."

The primaryobject or my invention is v I 0 to provide a. vehicle wheel around which a fully inflated pneumatic tire may be quickly v and easily secured, thereby avoiding the necessity of repairing a punctured tire on the road and of inflating the repaired tire $5 ora' new one substituted for the punctured tire.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for detachably securing a pneumatic tire rim around the felly of a 40 wheel, thereby permitting a fiat tire'to be readily replaced by afully inflated tire.

A still further'object of my invention is to provide means for detachably securing a pneumatic tire to a vehicle wheel which will be simple in'construction, inexpensive in manufacture and eificientin use. p

The embodiment of mymvent on herein disclosedmay be generally described as'conr prising a metal pneumatic tire rim of any.

suitable construction, adapted to be secured concentrically around the felly of a wheel,

a plurality. of plates 1 pivotally secured V around the telly ofthe wheel to rock on axes extending transversely across the telly.

35 the edges of the plates conformingto the as embodied in a convenient and form and in which preferably swing in opposite directions in .-.1-EFFnRY,- ni ri aonn w; JEFIERY'EXECUTQRS or .SAIID THOMAS s. Jnrrnna',

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inner surfaceof the tire rim against which they are adapted to be forced to prevent lateral movement of the rim relatively to the felly, and a plurality of radially adjustable rests surrounding the felly and adapted to be interposed, between the same and the tire rim to securely retain the rim concen trically around the telly. 1

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanymg drawings in which the same is illustrated practical Figure 1 an elevationalwiew; Fig. 2 a detail sectional view on line 2-2 Fig. I;

Fig. 3 an elevational view showing-the wheel i a detail plan View; and Fig. 5 a sectiona view on line 5-5 Fig. 4., i

The same reference characters are used to designate the same parts in the several figures of the drawing y,

Reference character A indicates the hub ofa wheel around which radiate thespokes a.

B designates the fell surrounding the so spokes a. A metallic band 6 preferably surrounds the felly B- and overlies the same at each side thereof.

O designates a pneumatic tire rim which may be of any desired-type, for convenience a clencher type being shown.

D indicates a pneumatic tire surrounding and detachably' supported in any desired manner upon the rim. C. So far as my invention is concerned the tire may be of any desired type either single or double tube and may be secured in any suitable way to the rim G.

Pivotally secured around the telly are plates Eadapted to swing on axestrans' verse to, the telly The outer edge e of each plate E conforms to the under surface of the rim (3. The plates E may be convcn lent-1y pivoted-to the telly ,B by means of integral lugs e and e? which extend through openings 'b'- and 5, through the band b on the opposite sides of the telly. Any desired number of plates 13' may be secured around the telly preferably, however, they are located in alinem'ent w 1th alternate spokes of the-wheel. The adgacent plates order that any tendency of the; run creep'around the telly maybe resisted.-

lugs e, a may be. convenient retained 11o within the holes 5 and b by spreading the portions thereof which extend through the holes.

Surrounding the folly B are radially adjustable rests F. Any desired number of these rests may be employed preferably, however, they are located intermediate of the plates E and in alinement wit-h alternate spokes. The rests may conveniently be in the form of exteriorly screw-threaded thimbles which engage screwtl:readed openings in the. band 5 and felly B. To facilitate the radial adjustment of the rests they are provided with squared portions 7' which may be readily engaged by a wrench.

The manner of using my invention is as follows. The plates E are swung into the inclined" positions shown in. Fig. 3 and the rests F are screwed slightly toward the felly. The rim C around which the tire has been secured and inflated is thenlocated concentrically around the wheel felly, and the rests F adjusted radially so as to closely fit the under-side of the tire rim 0. The plates E are them rocked from the inclined positions shown in Fig. 3 to the radial positions shown in Fig. 1 thereby tightly clamping the rim against the rests and also guiding the rim laterally into alinement/with the felly. lVhen a tire is punctured the plates E are rocked from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 3 after which the rests F are adjusted away from the tire,

rim so that the rim may be removed from around the wheel and a new-rim with a fully inflated-tire substituted for it.

It will be observed that the lugs e and e extend at such an angle from the plates E as to limit the swinging of the plates to substantially radial positions, thereby preventing pressure on the rim tending to lock the plates so tightly as to interfere with their being turned into their inclined unlocked positions.

By means of my invention it is possible for a vehicle such as an automobile to carry one or more extra rims with fully inflated tires secured around the same, and when a tire punctures to readily remove its supporting rim from about the wheel and replace the same with one of theextra rims carrying an inflated tire. unnecessary to repair a punctured tire on the road or to detach the same from its rim,

and substitute a new tire around the rim. The delay and inconvenience incident to a punctured tire are consequently avoided as by myinvention a rim with inflated tire punctured.

thereon may easily and quickly be substituted for a rim the tire around which is While I cisely the details of construction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as. I contemplate changes form,

In this manner it ishave described more or less prethe proportion of parts, and the substitution of equivalents, as circumstances may suggest or render expedient, without" departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now fully described my; mventien;

what I claim as new and desire to secured. 1

Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle wheel, a wheel body including spokes, a plurality of plates alining with said spokes and pivotally mounted on axes parallel to the axis of the wheel'body, and a rim surrounding said wheel body in engagement with said plates.

2. In a vehicle wheel, a wheel body including spokes, a rim surrounding the wheel body, rocking plates in alinement with certain of the spokes and arranged to engage with the inner surface of the rim, and radially movable rests carried in alinement with the remainder of the spokes and arranged to engage with the inner surface of the rim.

3. The combination with a vehicle wheel, of a rim located around the wheel, a tire secured around said rim, and rocking plates interposed between the wheel felly and said rim for detachably securing the rim con centrically around the wheel.

4. The combination with a vehicle wheel, of a rim located around the wheel, a tire secured around said rim, plates pivotally secured aroundthe wheel felly to rock on axis transverse to the felly and adapted to be swung into engagement with the inner surface of said rim thereby detachably securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

5. The combination with a vehicle wheel, I I

of a rim located around the wheel,a tire se-. cured around said rim, plates pivotally secured around the wheel felly to swing from inclined to radial positionsfisaid plates conforming to and adapted to be swung into engagement with the inner surface of said .rim, thereby detachably securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

6. The combination with a vehicle heel, of a rim located around the wheel, a tire secured around said rim, and radially adjustable rests carried by the wheelfelly in alinement with the spokes of the wheel for engaging the inner surface of said rim and thereby detachably securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

7. The combination with a vehicle wheel, of a rim-located around the wheel, a tire secured around said rim, rocking plates carried by the wheel felly to swing from inclined to radial positions, radially adjustablerests carried by the wheel felly alternating with said plates, said plates and rests adapted to engage the inner surface of said rim and thereby detachably secure the rim con centrically around the wheel.

8. The combination with a vehicle wheel, of aband secured around the wheel felly,

a rim located around and spaced apart from said band, a tire secured around said rim,

and radially adjustable means interposed be-' tween said band and said'rim for detachably securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

9. The combination with a Vehicle wheel, of a band secured around the wheel felly, a rim located around and spaced apart from said band, a tire secured around said rim, plates pivotally secured around said band to swing from inclined to radial positions,

said plates adapted to be swung into engage- -ment with the inner surface of said rim thereby securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

10. The combination with a vehicle wheel, of a band secured around the wheel felly, a rim located around and spaced apart from said band, a tire secured around said rim,

gage the inner surface of said rim thereby 25 detachably securing the rim concentrically around the wheel.

11. The combination with a vehicle wheel,

of a rim located around the wheel, a tire seplates 3o cured around said rim, and rocking alining with the spokes of the wheel for de tachably securing said rim concentrically around the wheel.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specificat1on in the presence of two wltnesses.

THOS. B. JEFFERY. l/Vitnesses J. J. YOUNG, G. H. EDDY. 

